Mekong and Tonle Sap River trip with Senior Couples

August 10, 2010 we set out in the early afternoon for a leisurely ride on this little boat. We had enough life preservers for all of us in case the boat proved unseaworthy. But, no worries, it was a good craft. We all brought our own lunch and food to share. We all enjoyed the scenery and the visits.

What appears to be a homemade fishing craft. It looked like perhaps some lived there some of the time and that the boat was an effective fishing craft.

We got off and walked up this path (actually this picture is heading back to the boat-same path just different direction!) to see a home business of silk weaving. It takes 4-5 months to weave I think she said 40 meters of material.

Through that path there were some banana trees. I told some of our grandchildren that bananas grow upside down, and they just couldn't figure that out, so here is a picture to show how they grow upside down on the trees.

Heng Naysim is the business owner and this is her home where the weaving takes place. In the picture with Elder Thalman, she is in the middle and the weaver is her niece. Elder Thalman is displaying some of her beautiful material that they weave. She employs about 4 weavers and their products and other Cambodian products are displayed below. We had a couple of church auditors along with us on a break for them and they enjoyed supporting this home-grown organization. I also bought some beautiful red and gold silk material. Not shown, however!

While I was admiring all the beautiful silk, Scott wasn't as interested as me and saw an empty hammock where he proceeded to rest. The woman on another hammock is our guide. I called her our leader (duknoam). She just laughed about that, and said, well, when you are ready come and get me and she laid back down on her hammock! Some of the senior missionaries and the two auditors also were done shopping before any of the women.